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After more than 20 years in the musical, Donna Marie Asbury played her final Broadway performance this week.
"Along with other postmodern architects of international repute, among them the late Philip Johnson and Michael Graves, Tigerman in the 1970s and 1980s broke the mold of modernist, steel-and…
"We have no children and no relatives we trust with money, so at a certain age we were thinking about what [our] legacy is and our bequest to the future."
Walk into "Ms. Blakk for President," the new Steppenwolf Theatre show from Tarell Alvin McCraney and Tina Landau about the remarkable political odyssey of Terence Smith, one of the founders …
Museum management said in a statement that "this auction allows us to deaccession a number of works in areas where we have significant breadth and depth and the proceeds will return to the A…
Working opposite ends of the volume spectrum, two musicals, the new "Six" and a reinterpreted "Next to Normal," find their levels.
There are a number of checklist items that allow a comedian to claim Chicago roots. A comic could be born here (luck), live here currently (choice), or develop their comedic voice in the clu…
The company of the U.S. premiere performed for WGN-9.
Near the end of the first of his two nights of shows at the Chicago Theatre on Thursday, the British comedian Eddie Izzard let out a kind of goodbye to all this: "This might be my last tour,…
Chicagoans are the lucky ones because they are among the few who get to see Broadway musicals before they become Broadway musicals. The Windy City is many times the tryout location for the g…
The writer, performer, and producer will step into the role in June.
"If I said I love him," sings Marvin, the leading character in "Falsettos," "you might think my words come cheap. Let's just say I'm glad he's mine awake, asleep." Truths about love and rela…
Following last week'santicipated opening, Chicago Shakespeare Theaterannounces today the extension of the North American Premiere production ofSIX, written byTobyMarlowandLucyMoss--now playi…
WHAT MORE CAN THEY SING? By its riveting end Falsettos, a fusion of March of the Falsettos (1981) and Falsettoland (1990), has jolted us with its heartbreak and won us with its wit.…
It's 9:45 p.m. on a drizzly Wednesday night in early May and I'm making my way through a crowded dive bar in Logan Square. A comedy open mic " some might say the comedy open mic " started ju…
The House Theatre of Chicago has announced its 2019-20 season, the 18th for the Chicago company. All mainstage shows will be performed in the Chopin Upstairs Theatre, 1543 W. Division St.; s…
Broadway In Chicago is delighted to announce that individual tickets for the national tour of [...]
The post Broadway In Chicago Announces Tix For <em>COME FROM AWAY</em> On Sale…
We asked you (via Twitter) whose lists you wanted to see. And then we asked them.
Fatimah Asghar (poet and filmmaker): Pet by Akwaeke Emezi, Odes to Lithium by S…
"Does anyone ever enter a bookstore just to purchase a book?"
When I stepped off the Loyola el station in the summer of 1992, it was oh so very hot. It was my fi…
MONDAY "Ms. Blakk For President": Steppenwolf ensemble member Tarell Alvin McCraney stars in this play based on the true story of Joan Jett Blakk, the radical drag persona of Terence Smith w…
Just say "yas" to these queens.
SIX CHICKS REMIX TO NIX PRICKS Singing well is the best revenge, especially if you married the spouse from hell. So runs the cunning concept behind Six. This raucous pop concert joyously …
"Memorial Day is notoriously one of Chicago's bloodiest weekends. Last year, 36 people were shot and seven died that weekend. In 2017 and 2016, the number of shootings was even higher. When …
In the corporate world, employees leaving a job are often asked to sit through an exit interview with HR about their time at the company. That concept doesn't exist for Broadway performers, …
